missuscluck Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Today we have been to llandudno in Wales. I have got a mini (my other hobby) and have been with the mini club on a run up to llandudno. It was FREEEEZING. However we have had a lovley time, even with a 7.15 am start which is criminal on a Sunday. We have been up a very steep mountain a la Itailan job and had a picnic in the car, along with over 200 other minis. Here is my lovley little car on the sea front in the rain. (im the one with a pink roof) My hubby is in a band and they get asked to go to country music festivals where everyone dresses as cowboys and indians (not us though!!) This has set me wondering, Chickens aside, does anyone else have a hobby or passion that the follow on the weekends!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 chookiehubbie is from Lladudno! Nice to see that the weather is never any better when we aren't there - it always chucks it with rain when we go there! Is that The Orm you were up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 That looks like the road up the Great Orme there - I've seen it many times in cold grey weather .like that, but not with a 7.15 start Lovely to see all those Minis....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missuscluck Posted January 13, 2008 Author Share Posted January 13, 2008 Yup!. It was raining and blowing a gale. So much so it knocks you over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Snap Shona! - I think it is the Orme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Love your mini! Very . Nope, we're very boring at the weekends. Watch YS play rugby most Saturdays and football most Sundays, and ES row (on water, not arguing ) when it's close by. OH does a lot of fell running but I generally catch up with housework (and the forum ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Looks like a great day out. Haven't been to Llandudno in years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missuscluck Posted January 13, 2008 Author Share Posted January 13, 2008 fell running, that sounds interesting. Excuse my ignorance but is that exactly what in says---running up/down/along a fell???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 okay, hands up, who was brave enough to go on the bob sleigh run up there? Me, me, me! love the idea of a mini with a pink roof, bet it was fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missuscluck Posted January 13, 2008 Author Share Posted January 13, 2008 They do have a very aincient, high up cable car up the great orme which is not for the faint hearted. Needless to say it was shut today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 The cable car is great fun!! They also have a train that goes up and down, which the children much prefer to the cable car for some reason... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Ooh, ooh, I've just remembered I've been to Great Orme Head - went on the cable car too, and down the mine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 I love Llandudno too All the regency architecture. Fell in love with it when I went as an A level geology student while on a field trip and last went last summer... it wan't raining then. Don't you just love rallies though? I used to do the Run to the Sun every year in a VW camper, down to catch the surf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 fell running, that sounds interesting. Excuse my ignorance but is that exactly what in says---running up/down/along a fell???? Yes, basically you run up a steep hill then run down the other side, then find another hill and do that one ... ad infinitum till you're either a) dead or b) have a broken limb . There's a saying amongst fellrunners "brain off, brakes off" which describes the descent off a hill. No wonder they break limbs . I think he's crazy . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules. Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 i love the mini photos. I have had two minis- my first I named Archimedes & painted flowers & stuff all over him, my second was Jeremy, he was a Mini Advantage the photo was taken in the Lake District from my tent on a "Mini Mad Merseyside" weekend He's on the right. We had to replace him 11 years ago as it's really difficult to get a pram into a mini Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missuscluck Posted January 14, 2008 Author Share Posted January 14, 2008 Jules your minis are lovley. What a great name! I too sold a mini when pregnant with my first as I could not fit the pram in. Seemed like a good idea at the time but I think I should have bought a smaller pram! It was a red Mini Chelsea and you NEVER see them anywhere now. I got my last mini, a cooper, 6 years ago and picked my Mini-ing back up again. I sold it a little while ago, due to terminal rust/expense problems and bought my N reg Sprite, which, at the mo. is in good nick. As you will know with Minis this wont last. RUST, RUST, RUST...........Oh, and things falling off..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiggy Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 love Llandudno, OH took me to a tiny family hotel by the great orne as a treat once, it was the house where the little girl lived who was the inspiration for Alice in Alice in Wonderland - very sweet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 My first car was an automatic mini clubman in that lovely British Leyland mustard colour. He was called Roy, are all Mini's boys? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xraylady Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 I love Llandudno too All the regency architecture. Fell in love with it when I went as an A level geology student while on a field trip and last went last summer... it wan't raining then. Me too! I still think about some of the things we learned - back in the mists of time, 1980 or '81, if I remember right? Would love to go on something similar now - but there are not too many w/chair accessible mountains are there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 are all Mini's boys? No! - mine's a girl!!!! a purple one called Mimi Sarah - if you were over here, you could go up Snowdon - they have wheelchair access in the trains which go to the top! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missuscluck Posted January 14, 2008 Author Share Posted January 14, 2008 My first car was an automatic mini clubman in that lovely British Leyland mustard colour. He was called Roy, are all Mini's boys? No, not all. My new mini is called Herman (because he is german) so he is. My old Mini is called Flossie, so shes a girl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 I love Llandudno too All the regency architecture. Fell in love with it when I went as an A level geology student while on a field trip and last went last summer... it wan't raining then. Me too! I still think about some of the things we learned - back in the mists of time, 1980 or '81, if I remember right? Would love to go on something similar now - but there are not too many w/chair accessible mountains are there I was there in 1980 Sarah.. might have been at the same time. I don't remember much except for some wally setting off the fire alarm in the hotel we were in, so we all ended up standing on the seafront in March in our PJs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Licken Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Would love to go on something similar now - but there are not too many w/chair accessible mountains are there Taking 12 kids with disabilities ski-ing in March - 4 wheelchair users so it can be done with determination!! Mountains are good for the soul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Mountains are good for the soul They cetainly are - I intend to get back to hiking this year...... Good Luck in March!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
